Gethin ( or ) is a
Welsh
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name with two possible origins. It may mean "dark-skinned, swarthy". In other cases it may originate as a familiar form of the Old Welsh name ''Grippiud'' (strong lord, from "cryf", strong, and "udd", lord or ruler), modern Gruffydd and
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[Surname Database. Last name: Gethin. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gethin, accessed 31 January 2015] It may refer to:
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Gethin Strutt (born 2000), English Strong Lord
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Gethin Jenkins
Gethin Jenkins (born 17 November 1980) is a Welsh former rugby union player. He won 129 international caps for Wales and five for the British & Irish Lions. Jenkins was the record cap holder for Wales until he was overtaken by Alun Wyn Jones o ...
(born 1980), Welsh rugby union player
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Gethin Jones
Gethin Clifford Jones (born 12 February 1978) is a Welsh television presenter. He was an active rugby union player while at Manchester Metropolitan University and, after graduation, he began his television career on Welsh language channel S4C a ...
(born 1978), Welsh television presenter
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Gethin Robinson (born 1982), Welsh rugby union player
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Gethin Robinson (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
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Gethin Roberts, activist, member of
Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners
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Ieuan Gethin
Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision (fl. c. 1450) was a Welsh language poet, of Baglan, Glamorgan.
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Welsh-language poets
15th-century Welsh poets
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(fl. c. 1350), Welsh language poet
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Martin Gethin
Martin Gethin (born 16 November 1983) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He held the British lightweight title from 2013 to 2014.
Early professional career
Gethin made his debut in November 2004 beating jour ...
(born 1983), English boxer
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Peter Gethin
Peter Kenneth Gethin (21 February 1940 – 5 December 2011) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 31 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 21 June 1970. He won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix in the fastes ...
(1940–2011), English racing driver
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Rhys Gethin (died 1405), Welsh supporter of rebel Owain Glyndwr
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Rupert Gethin
Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin (born 1957, in Edinburgh) is Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and codirector of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol, and (since 2003) president of ...
(born 1957), British Professor in Buddhist studies, President of the
Pali Text Society
The Pali Text Society is a text publication society founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids "to foster and promote the study of Pāli texts".
Pāli is the language in which the texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism are preserved. The Pā ...
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Stanley Gethin (1875–1950), English cricketer
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William Gethin (1877–1939), English cricketer
See also
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Gethins
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Gethin baronets, a title in the peerage of Ireland
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